Printer&#39;s color-card system



Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

liiTFiD VTILLIAM EBARTA, E ROSLINDALE, I'vTASSAGHfiSETTS, ASE-IGNQR TOBABTA-GRIFFIN COMPANY, OF "WGRCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 01MASSACHUSETTS.

PRINTERS COLOR-CABD SYSTEM.

Application filed August 2, 1924. Serial l lo. 729,714.

placing the entire set and the holder there- 7 for.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings ofone illustrative embodiment thereof, while its scope will be moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a color card system exemplifying theinvention, the same being shown as it appears when unfolded forinspection Fig. 2 is a plan on an enlarged scale showing the card systemas it appears when the.

holder is folded; and

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation on the same scale as Fig. 2, illustratingone set of cards of one color, but of different shades. Referring to thedrawings, and to the embodiment of the invention which is selected forexemplification, there is shown a card system comprising a holder 4having a plurality of sections 5 hinged together, the holder beingthereby foldable to protect the cards from the action of light, andfromaccumulations of foreign matter, which might otherwise impair thevalue of the cards as standards of comparison. The holder when foldedappears as shown in Fig. 2, the sections being so folded that one ofthem occupies a position between the other two. In this way, the cardsare well protected, although when the holder is unfolded,

all of. the cards are presented to view at one time for comparison.

The holder presents a large number of pockets 6, which overlap oneanother, and are arranged in horizontal and vertical rows, the verticalrows of each section being separated from each other by vertical strips7, which project somewhat from the faces of the pockets. Interference ofthe parts of one sectionv with those carried by another may be preventedby the provision of other vertical strips 8, having a thickness greaterthan that of the strips 7, thereby to project a considerable distancebeyond the faces of the cards, and to limit the movement of the sectionstoward one another when folded, 1 as will be evident from aninspectionxof Fig. 2. The holder may be conveniently made of cardboard,with a paper or. cloth covering, and the pockets may be made of clothfor the sake of durability.

Each pocket contains oneor more, her in a plurality of cards 9,presenting color standards printed thereon, as'by a printed area on eachcard, exposed on its projecting portion for comparison with the otherprinted areas of different colors and shades ing each other, inaccordance withthe chart in the Rules of Practice of the United StatesPatent Office. blue, brown, orange,'black and green, are similarlyrepresented in accordance with said chart. Various shades of each colorare dis tinguished from one another in the drawing by various spacingsof the lines representing such color, wide spacing being em ployed forthe lighter shades, and narrower spacing for the darker shades, as willbe evident from an examination of Fig. 3, which illustrates. primrose,"lemon and chrome yellow.

For purposes of ready comparison, the various shadesof each color aregrouped, as for example, in horizontal rows (see Fig. 1), since by thismeans, one is better enabled to judge the color and shade moreaccurately. As before mentioned, each pocket preferably contains morethan one card of a given color, and shade, so that if the color value ofone card should become impaired,another one can be placed at the front.All of the cards are removable from Other colors, such as red,

their pockets, thereby to permit replacement of those Whose color valueshave become impaired, thus avoiding the necessity of replacing theentire set and the holder therefor.

It should be evident from the foregoing that I have provided a simple,convenient,

and reliable card system of color standards for use by the printingtrade and that the accuracy of the system may be maintained Withoutundue trouble and expense.

Having thus describedone embodiment of the invention but withoutlimiting myself thereto, What I claim and desire by Letters vPatent tosecure is:

1. A printers color card holder, comprising, in con'ibinationaplurali-ty oi? sections adapted to fold one upon another, each of saidsections comprising a plurality of pockets in horizontal and verticalrows, each of said pockets being adapted to contain a plurality of colorcards, vertical separating strips between and separating said verticalrows of pockets, and relatively thick vertical spacing strips at thesides of said sections and projecting therefrom further than saidseparating strips.

2. In a print-ers' foldable color card holder, in COiIllJiDfllliGli, aplurality of mutually hinged sections, each comprising a plu ra ty ofoverlaoping horizontally aligned pockets of flexible material, verticalretain- WILLIAM BARTA.

